Bijbehara


Bijbehara, known as Vejibror in Kashmiri, is a town and a notified area committee in Anantnag district of the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located on NH 44, and jehlum bank. Bijbehara town is also known as "Town of Chinars" because of a number of Chinars there especially two Chinar gardens. Bijbehara is the home to oldest chinar tree in the region. The town is situated about from the summer capital of union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar.

Etymology

The word Bijbehara or Vijbor or Vijbror has been derived from Sanskrit word Vijayeshwar. It was an ancient site of Shiva Vijayeshwar.

Geography

Bijbehara is located at. It has an average elevation of 1,591 metres. It is situated to the north of district headquarters on the banks of Jhelum River popularly known locally as "Veth". Bijbehara lies four miles north of Anantnag town.
The town is surrounded and intersected by plateaus, including the Totak Shah, from where the whole town can be seen. There are many other plateaus which are being urbanised.
The town localities of Bijbehara include: Goriwan chowk, Old town, Ziyarat road, Baba Mohalla, Zirpara chowk, Sadar Bazar, Vaid Mohalla, Dobighat, Khar Mohalla, Eidgah, Pandit Hamaam, Pomposh Mohalla, Saraf Mohalla, Peershah Mohalla, Ahanger Mohalla, Feroze Shah Mohalla, Sheikh Mohalla and GH pora.
The town has recently expanded to include new housing colonies such as: New Colony Bijbehara, Eidgah basti, Qazi Mohalla, Sicop Colony, Padshahi Bagh Colony, Friends Colony, Deewan Bagh, Eidgah Colony and Tehsil Road-Baghandar.

Divisions

The areas which come under the constituency of Bijbehara are as follows:
  • Mattan
  • Nanil
  • Kanelwan
  • Push Kriri
  • Khiram
  • Akura

    Demographics

The town had a population of 22,789 per the report released by Census India 2011. Children aged 0–6 made up 14.97% of the total population of Bijbehara.

Education

Religious places

  • Baba Naseeb-ud-Din Ghazi shrine, Bijbehara
  • Totak shah Sahib shrine, Hill Station New colony Bijbehara
  • Vijayeshwar Mahadev Temple, Bijbehara

    List of villages in Bijbehara Tehsil

There are about 52 villages in Bijbehara:

Transportation

Road

Bijbehara is connected to other places in Jammu and Kashmir and India by the NH 44 which passes through Bijbehara and other intra-district roads.

Rail

in the town is part of the 119 km long Kashmir Railway that runs from Baramulla to Banihal.

Air

The nearest airport is Srinagar International Airport located 51 kilometres from Bijbehara.

Notable people